Incoming FWO Junior Postdoctoral Fellow @ KU Leuven (Oct 26). https://federicotrastulli.github.io/https://bsky.app/profile/fedetrastulli.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/fedetrastulli.bsky.social/post/3mtxxjwngxk2zIt's here! ✨📕 In Varieties of Social Democracy in Western Europe (Palgrave Macmillan @springernature.com), I show that the varying ideological differences between social democrats are primarily shaped by how external constraints are configured in their national context at a given time. 1/426 Aug 2026 08:54 +0000at://did:plc:pg2ijepujnhdartljbjuoff4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtxxjwngxk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/fedetrastulli.bsky.social/post/3mr3dyz7jrk2j🧵📖 My first solo book – 'Varieties of Social Democracy in Western Europe: The Impact of External Constraints on Ideological Differences' – will be out in all formats over the next few weeks! Excited that this is finally real, as per its pretty cover & Palgrave Macmillan's website: bit.ly/4frmeqz 1/320 Jul 2026 13:00 +0000at://did:plc:pg2ijepujnhdartljbjuoff4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr3dyz7jrk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/fedetrastulli.bsky.social/post/3mov5qygi6c2wA fun couple of weeks conferencing across Belgium and the UK! Especially so at the first-ever @epssnet.bsky.social in Belfast, which was an astounding success – adding myself to the long list of well-deserved congratulations and thank-yous to the organisers 🙏👇22 Jun 2026 15:02 +0000at://did:plc:pg2ijepujnhdartljbjuoff4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mov5qygi6c2whttps://bsky.app/profile/fedetrastulli.bsky.social/post/3mnr6herdo222🧵 Looking forward to Europe travels – and some of my favourite conferences – over the next couple of weeks! 🛣️🌙 1/408 Jun 2026 07:39 +0000at://did:plc:pg2ijepujnhdartljbjuoff4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnr6herdo222https://bsky.app/profile/fedetrastulli.bsky.social/post/3mmqkqsf7c22u🙌🕺 [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 May 2026 08:21 +0000at://did:plc:pg2ijepujnhdartljbjuoff4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmqkqsf7c22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/fedetrastulli.bsky.social/post/3mmnxggvmcs2s🧵🆕 A long overdue update after a few intense months to start off 2026. Incredibly grateful to be able to share that I was awarded a Junior Postdoctoral Fellowship by @fwovlaanderen.bsky.social. 1/1125 May 2026 07:30 +0000at://did:plc:pg2ijepujnhdartljbjuoff4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmnxggvmcs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/fedetrastulli.bsky.social/post/3mbypzvbsqs2v@gefjonoff.bsky.social & my "Determinants and measurement of voters’ issue prioritisation" EJPR piece – now out in (a 2026) issue :-) https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/european-journal-of-political-research/article/who-prioritises-what-determinants-and-measurement-of-voters-issue-prioritisation/E85C711B0698149F280FA000C70A5E6609 Jan 2026 14:39 +0000at://did:plc:pg2ijepujnhdartljbjuoff4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbypzvbsqs2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/fedetrastulli.bsky.social/post/3mbte3ipqfs2bExcited to start 2026 – the year of getting back into the political science job market – by sharing my new webpage! Hope this provides a helpful overview of my work & another way to get/stay in touch. federicotrastulli.github.io https://federicotrastulli.github.io/07 Jan 2026 11:22 +0000at://did:plc:pg2ijepujnhdartljbjuoff4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbte3ipqfs2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/fedetrastulli.bsky.social/post/3m7zke5rqpk2aAmazing to (belatedly) see our research on left governmental power and the reduction of inequalities being picked up by @elespectador.com, Colombia's oldest newspaper! 🇨🇴 Thanks to Tomás Molina for the coverage :) https://www.elespectador.com/opinion/columnistas/tomas-molilna/no-creamos-en-la-propaganda-la-izquierda-si-disminuye-la-desigualdad/15 Dec 2025 11:40 +0000at://did:plc:pg2ijepujnhdartljbjuoff4/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7zke5rqpk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/fedetrastulli.bsky.social/post/3m7neo6xnnc2wHappy to share latest piece on Politics and Governance. @andreacapati.bsky.social & I argue that how social democrats (here, 🇮🇹 PD) react to large-scale crises in terms of positions on EU integration depends on the different policy implications of these crises. https://www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandgovernance/article/view/1104710 Dec 2025 15:26 +0000at://did:plc:pg2ijepujnhdartljbjuoff4/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7neo6xnnc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/fedetrastulli.bsky.social/post/3m6ehxgbkq22j🆕 Great to see our work on the determinants and measurement of individual-level issue salience now out in @ejprjournal.bsky.social! If you haven't, check out my fantastic co-author @gefjonoff.bsky.social's thread below 👇 https://bsky.app/profile/gefjonoff.bsky.social/post/3m65m7xk56c23 [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Nov 2025 09:06 +0000at://did:plc:pg2ijepujnhdartljbjuoff4/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6ehxgbkq22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/fedetrastulli.bsky.social/post/3m65o4a5qlk2p💯💯💯 [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Nov 2025 16:07 +0000at://did:plc:pg2ijepujnhdartljbjuoff4/app.bsky.feed.post/3m65o4a5qlk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/fedetrastulli.bsky.social/post/3m4filkwiv22r🆕 Latest article out @electoralstudies.bsky.social! Left parties' higher salience on cultural issues associated w/ higher support from working-class voters. Social democrats much more sensitive to different strategies, should pursue more left/salient economics https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S026137942500112X30 Oct 2025 08:00 +0000at://did:plc:pg2ijepujnhdartljbjuoff4/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4filkwiv22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/fedetrastulli.bsky.social/post/3lyzhs6snck2jw/ @massimoprearo.bsky.social on @qoe-ijes.bsky.social, we introduce our 2024 Italian LGBTIQ+ Electoral Survey: the first large-N evidence on the political behaviour & attitudes of Italian LGBTIQ+ citizens. We discuss data, methodological challenges & relevance here: https://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/qoe/article/view/1769617 Sep 2025 08:58 +0000at://did:plc:pg2ijepujnhdartljbjuoff4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyzhs6snck2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/fedetrastulli.bsky.social/post/3lymw4zufdk2kOn Italian Political Science Review, an issue-level approach to conceptualising 'party family'. Glad to see this fun spin-off from my PhD thesis now out OA, honoured that it features in a ‘The Legacy of Giovanni Sartori’ symposium w/ many distinguished scholars! https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/italian-political-science-review-rivista-italiana-di-scienza-politica/article/family-issues-conceptualizing-party-family-at-the-issue-level/2AE29A0A49EAACCF9B267414BA050303 1/212 Sep 2025 09:10 +0000at://did:plc:pg2ijepujnhdartljbjuoff4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lymw4zufdk2k